Duane Brown
Duane Brown
Duane Anthony Brownis an American football offensive tackle for the Houston Texans of the National Football League. He played college football at Virginia Tech, and was drafted by the Texans in the first round of the 2008 NFL Draft...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth30 August 1985
instead matter possibilities thinking
It's a matter of thinking about possibilities instead of probabilities.
expect start wind
We expect that if we do have a start and there's any wind at all it could be catastrophic.
bobby coached football good knew
I coached Bobby in football when he was a seven. I always knew he was going to be a good athlete.
board national safety trust
They say, 'How can you trust a mechanic? How can you trust the FAA? How do you trust the National Transportation Safety Board ?' All of these things you really can't see. You know they're there, but you don't know what they do or how well they do it.
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All of us would be terribly frightened if we had an engine fire, or a serious mechanical problem. People know that it does happen, and it takes no imagination to know that planes do crash.
coach criticism humorous learned since
Coach Pearman is more humorous in his meetings, a little more laid-back. Coach Stinespring is a little more ... uhhh ... fiery. I've learned to take criticism a lot better since I've been (in Stinespring's meetings).
people scared seen stop
He's pretty good, ... He's pretty big and fast, but I've seen people stop him. I'm not too scared of him.
hold
I'm not going to back down, though. I'm pretty much going to be on him, on an island, by myself. I've just got to hold my own.
calm good guy helping helps knows position teammate
A good teammate and a good friend. He's been real instrumental in helping me out. He's a real calm guy and that helps calm me down out there. He knows every position out there.
anybody forward hears looking moving position sure weeks
I'm sure they are ... Anybody that hears about a person moving to a new position two weeks before the game, I'm sure they're looking forward to it.
hold island
I'm pretty much going to be on an island on my own, ... I've got to hold my own.